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Month: June 2020

Coronavirus updates: Over 200 urged to quarantine after positive case at Planet Fitness

Coronavirus updates: Over 200 urged to quarantine after positive case at Planet Fitness

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 502,000 people worldwide. Over 10.1 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center […]

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Dangerous fire weather from California to Kansas, summer storms Midwest and East

Dangerous fire weather from California to Kansas, summer storms Midwest and East

ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Dangerous fire conditions in the West have contributed to the spread of a number of flare ups over the weekend. In Utah, The Knolls fire near Saratoga Springs has burned 2,000 acres and is 0% contained. Wind gusts at that fire […]

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Coronavirus updates: US reports more than 38,800 new cases in a single day

Coronavirus updates: US reports more than 38,800 new cases in a single day

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 501,000 people worldwide. Over 10.1 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center […]

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‘Face mask exempt’ cards circulating online are fraudulent, says DOJ

‘Face mask exempt’ cards circulating online are fraudulent, says DOJ

Department of JusticeBy MARK HANRAHAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Cards which were being offered for sale online purporting to exempt the bearer from ordinances requiring face coverings to be worn in public are fraudulent, according to Department of Justice officials. The cards, which for the moment are no longer available […]

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Suspected ‘Golden State Killer’ due in court in front of socially-distanced victims

Suspected ‘Golden State Killer’ due in court in front of socially-distanced victims

Randy Pench/Sacramento Bee/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Joseph DeAngelo, the man suspected of being the notorious Golden State Killer, will appear before a state judge on Monday. But rather than be in a courtroom, he’ll be in a California State University–Sacramento ballroom, […]

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Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove Confederate battle emblem from state flag

Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove Confederate battle emblem from state flag

EMPPhotography/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (JACKSON, Miss.) — The Mississippi state legislature has voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag. The bill now goes to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’s desk. On Saturday, Reeves said he would sign the bill if the legislature passed it. That afternoon, […]

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Louisville shooting suspect arrested as family of victim speaks out

Louisville shooting suspect arrested as family of victim speaks out

BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy ROSA SANCHEZ and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — The suspect behind Saturday’s fatal shooting in Louisville, Kentucky, has been arrested. Steven Nelson Lopez was taken into custody by police after being caught on surveillance video opening fire in Jefferson Square Park during a protest against Breonna Taylor’s […]

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Toddler, 10-year-old girl among 14 people fatally shot over weekend in Chicago

Toddler, 10-year-old girl among 14 people fatally shot over weekend in Chicago

Alex_Schmidt/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (CHICAGO) — A toddler and a 10-year-old girl were among 14 people shot to death in Chicago in yet another weekend of gun violence that has rocked the city over the past month. Between Friday and Sunday morning, a total of 52 people were shot […]

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Grand Canyon hiker died from suspected heat exposure: Park officials

Grand Canyon hiker died from suspected heat exposure: Park officials

SumikoPhoto/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A hiker who died at Grand Canyon National Park last week succumbed to suspected heat exposure, officials said. The victim was identified as Catherine Houe, 49, of Daly City, California. According to park officials, Houe, her husband and a friend were planning […]

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Ex-employee identified as alleged shooter killed by police in Walmart warehouse rampage

Ex-employee identified as alleged shooter killed by police in Walmart warehouse rampage

carlballou/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (RED BLUFF, Calif.) — A former employee of a Walmart distribution center in Northern California has been identified as the alleged active shooter who was killed by police after he drove his SUV through the front door of the facility and opened fire on workers […]

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